Peek a Boo, I See You......

But where are you? The dog loves the new house (yes, this blog is about the dog). We have a great back yard. It's on a slope but, all the more reason that he likes it. He loves to track little animals and try to find mischief. Today I went outside to call him in before I left to get the kids and I couldn't find him. I looked on both sides of the house and called for him. No dog. I went back in the house and called for him, no dog. So I think to myself, did my 101lb dog with a titanium knee plate jump the fence? I called for him again.....This time, I hear a loud "dog yawn". I looked way up at the top of the slope and guess what?? He was there and saw me the whole time. I had to take pictures....In the picture on the top you can kind of see him. He blends in with the fence.

Mission San Luis Rey...Built in 1798, San Luis Rey is the Largest of the California Missions

Mission San Luis Rey, the King of the Missions and a jewel of San Diego County North. A National Historic Landmark founded in 1798, Mission San Luis Rey is the largest of the 21 California Missions and recently ranked first among the Seven Wonders of San Diego County North. In California the fourth graders read and learn about the missions. Each child picks a mission to read and write about. Riley picked Mission San Luis Rey. I had a chance to go on a field trip with him yesterday. What an amazing place. It was beautiful.

The quadrangle contains the first pepper tree in California.
Above is a small model of the mission.

Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond. ~Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605

Well, he said it, and that was in 1605. Some of you will read this and probably think I am a horrible mother....Others I hope will keep an open mind and realize that kids will be kids, and you really never know what will come out of their little mouths. Lauren lost a tooth in September. We cleaned the tooth, put it in a zipper bag, and she took her tooth for show and tell (yes folks, a tooth). She had decided that she was going to hang on to the tooth until she needed some cash flow. Ya know, kinda save it for hard times. Well, the other night she comes to Pete and I and says, " I could use some food for my Baby Alive, I think I'll put that tooth under my pillow tonight and get some money. Pete looks at me, I look at him. He's says I don't have any cash, do you? I said no but I found a dollar in the laundry and it was sitting on the dryer. Perfect we thought and that was that. Kids go to bed, we go up stairs to read and just before we turn out the lights, Pete says "tooth fairy time". He goes in to Lauren's room slips the money under the pillow, and takes the tooth. We have a box in our room where we keep the yucky teeth. As he is putting the tooth in the box, he mentions that he has enough teeth to make a necklace. We laughed a little and went to sleep. In the morning Lauren gets carried down by dad and she's got the dollar in her hand and says "the tooth fairy came"! She was so excited! Riley said how much did you get? I said how much did you get (like I didn't know)? She opened up the dollar (they usually get about three bucks a tooth) and said............................................That cheap bitch only gave me a dollar! I almost peed my pants. I tried so hard not to laugh. Keeping a straight face was almost impossible. I then said well, you shouldn't call her that because she will won't come back and little girls should NEVER talk like that. Lauren looked at me and said "That's ok, for a buck I will never leave another tooth under my pillow". Maybe the tooth Fairy thing wasn't such a good idea.

A day of Top Gun...

Yesterday we decided to take a trip back to 1986. We left our house and headed to MCAS Miramar (to fill up the car). They filmed scenes for Top Gun here. Also filmed at Miramar were Pensacola Wings of Gold, USO Comedy Tour, and Eyes of the Navy. Then we headed downtown San Diego for lunch. Where did we stop??? Kansas City BBQ of course. This is where they filmed the bar scenes. The piano is still there...GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!! I didn't get any photos of the piano but I promise to do that next time.

The food is amazing....Smoked pork and chicken, baked beans, corn on the cob, and french fries. It was a fantastic Munson Family Day. Oh, I forgot, it didn't end there....We got invited to David Copperfields magic teachers birthday party (it's this Sunday) and took the kids to see Marley and Me. I have to tell you, it's like Old Yeller all over again.